Castle Quest is an adventure, released 18 May 1990 on Family Computer.
What Castle Quest is
Castle Quest was released in 1990. It was published by Hudson Soft. It is available on Family Computer only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Castle Quest is board strategy game mixed with magic battle confrontations. The game is like a chess clone with fantasy creatures that fight with playing cards. The player's goal is to topple the opponents king. A player controls a small army (with units like orcman, karate man, warrior etc) on a small chess board. If two pieces meet on the same square, they fight on special screen with a playing-card roulette. Depending on the cards that each unit gets they will do damage to an opponent. Different units have different health points and also different cards, for example, some units have more propensity to getting the instantly killing joker card. Some units are able to cast attack or…
How it plays
Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Castle Quest launched on 18 May 1990, within three weeks of Smash T.V. and Gargoyle's Quest.
Released around the same time: Smash T.V., Gargoyle's Quest.
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When did Castle Quest come out?
Castle Quest was released on 18 May 1990 for Family Computer.
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